Banana-shipping case.



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BANANA SHIPPING CASE.

(Application filed Oct. 8, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. FRANK SCHMITZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BANANA-SHIPPI NG CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 698,061, dated April22, 1902.

V Applicationfiled October 8, 1900. Serial No. 32,3 18. (No model.) I

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SOHMITZ, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBanana-Shipping Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in banana-shipping cases ofthe class in which a flexible bag or sack is supported within andpreferably out of contact with a comparatively rigid but somewhatelastic crate, so as to avoid bruising the fruit contained in the sack.

More particularly the presentinvention has to do with the constructionof the sack and the means by which the same is hung within the crate,the object being to strengthen the case and at the same time economizein material.

To such end the invention consists in certain novel features,'which willbe described and defined below.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings by means of the figures, ofwhich Figure 1 is a perspective of a com pletecase. Fig. 2 is asectional perspective showing the interior of a portion of the crate andsack to illustrate the means by which the sack is fastened to the crate.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the bottom'of the sack isconstructed. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing an additionalimprovement. Fig. 5 is a broken sectional detail showing the bottom ofthe outer. covering. Fig. 6 is a perspective of the banana-case invertedto show the entire bottom, and Fig. 7 is ahorizontal section in plane 77 of Fig. at.

Referring to these figures, A is the crate,

made up of a series of hoops B, secured together by longitudinal slatsC, two hoops being preferably provided at the bottom, and all of theseparts being of such material and size as to give the crate a certainamount of elasticity. Within the crate is hung a sack D, secured to thecrate by means of cords E- The main portion of the sack is made bysewing a rectangular piece of material-as, for instance, bnrlapintocylindrical form by means of a longitudinal seam d and sewing around thebottom of the same by means of a seam d a bottom D, formed from a pieceform a cone, the cone being then sewed to the bottom portion by means ofthe seam-d,

which secures the circular edge of the bo'ttom to the upper portion ofthe sack. produces a sack with the minimum amount of material, and infastening the same to the crate the cord (shown at e in Fig. 2) ispassed inward on one side of the seam'd and back on the other side, thenover one of the hoops, then inward below the seam d and on one side ofthe seam d then outward on the other side of the seam d and below theseam d, and'secured to the opposite end of the cord outside of the hoop.This gives the cord at this point a hold upon both sides of thelongitudinal seam and both sides of the circular seam, relieving thethreads of said seams from any strain which might be put upon them bythe cord. In other portions of the crate the same method is followed,except that at noother place do the longitudinal and circular seamsintersect, so' that the advantage of the method is only gained to theextent of the opportunity offered by the conditions at each place. v

- In the additional improvement illustrated in Figs. t to '7 an outerbottom X is stretched across the lower hoop B, as seen in Fig. 5, and anouter covering Y stretched over the entire crate and secured to thesame, preferably by turning it inward at top and bottom "tion..

. I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. Thecombination with a surrounding crate and a sack hung within the same,having a circumferential seam and an intersecting longitudinal seam, ofa cord passing inward on one side of the longitudinal seam,

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outward on the other side of the longitudinal seam about the crate,inward again on the otherside of the circumferential seam, thence acrossthe longitudinal seam and outward on the same sideon the circumferentialseam and secured to the crate so that the cord engages and supports allfour corners of the sack about the intersecting seams; substantially asdescribed.

2. In a shipping-case, the combination with a surrounding crate, of abag hung within the same consisting of a cylindrical portion and aconical portion formed from asemicircular piece of material by sewingthe portions of the straight edge on opposite sides of the middletogether, and the circular edge to the one end of the cylindricalportion; substantially as described.

3. In a banana-shipping case, the combination with a suitable crate,composed of longitudinal slats and connecting-hoops, of a sack hung insaid crate and securely fastened in place out of contact therewith, anouter bottom, X, fastened to the lower hoop and an outer coveringsuitably secured to the outside of the crate, and inclosing said crate;substantially as described.

4:. In a banana-shipping case, the combination with a suitable crate,composed of longitudinal slats and connecting-hoops, of a sack hungwithin the said crate and securely fastened in place out of contacttherewith, an outer bottom, X, fastened to the lower hoop and an outercovering suitably secured to the top and bottom hoops of the crate andinclosing said crate; substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, this 24th day of September, A. D.1900.

FRANK SOHMITZ.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. SHERVEY, S. Brass.

